Posted tagged ‘professional development’

One of the most difficult challenges for library managers and leaders is trying to make their libraries be everything to everyone. How do you start adding new initiatives without letting go of any of the old ones? The simple answer is you can’t. New initiatives cannot always be added to the plate without seriously considering […]

Do you sometimes feel like you’ve been left behind in a world driven by ever-increasing amounts of data? The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) and the LLAMA Assessment Section will present “What’s Your Story?” a series of three webinars for librarians who want to develop better skills for using data to facilitate decision making […]

The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA), a division of ALA, will present a free webinar featuring R. David Lankes, Sept. 14, at 12:00 – 1:00 pm, Central Time. Lankes will talk about his personal perspective on successful leadership. He is the director of the University of South Carolina’s School of Library & Information Science, […]

Rana Hutchinson Salzmann Magda Pecsenye Many librarians are hired or promoted into management positions without the benefit of specific management training. The knowledge they need to become good managers must often be learned on-the-fly. The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) will present “Management Success in an Unpredictable […]

Library managers are discovering that the ever-expanding world of social media can be their most effective tool for communication, supervision and project management. Â The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA) presents â€œOnline Management Systems: Wielding Web 2.0 Tools to Manage and Track Projects Collaboratively,â€ on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, from 1:30 to 3:00 pm Central […]

Heather Krasna, career expert and author, will present â€œLeading at all Levels: Taking Charge of Your Career Growth While Mentoring Othersâ€ at the 2012 LLAMA Presidentâ€™s Program during the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, Calif. The program will be held Saturday, June 23, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Marriott Hotel, Elite Ballroom. â€œI […]

The Library Leadership and Management Association (LLAMA), will offer a wide range of topics during seven preconferences at this yearâ€™s ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. Preconferences will take place Fri., July 10. from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Registration is available through the ALA Annual Conference Web site at www.ala.org/annual. An Inside Look at Leadership […]